Executive Profile

Thomas C. Baxter Jr.

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Background

Thomas C. Baxter, Jr. has been Executive Vice President of Legal and General Counsel of The Federal Reserve Bank of New York since March 1995. Mr. Baxter's principal responsibility is to supervise the day-to-day operation of the New York Fed's legal group, which includes the protection function. He also served as Deputy General Counsel of The Federal Reserve Bank of New York, (equivalent to Senior Vice President) since September 1993. He joined The Federal Reserve Bank ... of New York as an Attorney in August 1980. He served as a Law Assistant to the justices of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court. He served as Assistant Counsel of the New York Fed since July 1984. In addition to his involvement with New York Fed and Federal Reserve System committees, he is very active in the legal community as a member of the American Bar Association and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. He served as a Legal Advisor to the Current Payment Methods project of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, which developed Article 4A of the Uniform Commercial Code, and amendments to Articles 3 and 4. He also served as a Member of the United States delegation to a United Nations group that developed a model law governing credit transfers. He is a Member of the New York bar. He published articles concerning legal aspects of bank supervision, check collection, securities transfers, and electronic transfers of funds. He also is a joint author of two text books, "Wire Transfers: A Guide to U.S. and International Laws Governing Funds Transfers" (Probus 1993), and "The ABC's of the UCC: Article 4A Funds Transfers" (ABA 1997). He often lectures on various matters at programs sponsored by the Uniform Commercial Code Institute, the Department of Justice's Advocacy Institute, the American Bar Association, the American Law Institute, Bank Administration Institute, the Practicing Law Institute, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council, and similar organizations. He earned his Law degree from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1979 after earning a Bachelor of arts degree from the University of Rochester in 1976.

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